Ask Lemmy

i was sitting trying to think of something, first that came to mind is the black parade (the whole album) by mcr but it's not really guilty, it's really good. then came Radiohead who I got into right before thoms really bad Israel stance, which made it much more guilty... THEN I remembered it's Kanye. 1000% Kanye. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is one of my fav albums of all time, and it's extremely unfortunate. i used to argue that Kanye had a point with every fucked up thing he said and that he just articulated it extremely poorly up until the maga and Nazi shit. now it just makes me sad that he makes really good music.

Tatu, All The Things She Said. Everything awful about Tatu but I can’t help but enjoy that song.

Gunther: Ding Dong Song.

It hasn't agred well die to the sexualization of women. But that's the guilty part I guess.

I have never understood the point of guilty pleasures. Why are you letting other people decide what you like?

I was about to say that I dont have one because I love all the music I listen to and im not ashamed of any of it. Then I remembered 2018 where I listened to KDA PopStars so many times on repeat that it still sits at the top of my music mogging the music I actually like.

Those that people around me do not approve:

• Die Antwoord - Doosdronk
• Afroman - Randy Walters is a son of a bitch
• A capella science - rolling in the Higgs
• Tom Cardy - Je suis fatigué
• Dale Mehndi - Tunak Tunak Tun
• Keddi Kosár - Mi Vagyunk Magyar Peter (Mulatós version)

Have to add another that qualifies way more, since it came up on my playlist on the way home from work.

Electric Six - Gay Bar

At the time, I was into the Rockband games, and when this song came out, I flat-out refused to sing it. I felt like I was being punked. My wife sang it instead, the song was awesome, and I went from "I would never" to "I will sing it" to "I will be the first one to pick it every time." IIRC it's fairly easy for all instruments, so it's fine to pick early before the band is properly warmed up. Like you never start with Metallica, Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, or certain other ones, unless you wanna be in a fight with your drummer and/or guitarist. Or they're gonna turn around and pick Spoonman, by Soundgarden, which is hell on vocals. In other words, you're in a fight.

Years later, I discovered the music video, which is 100% on point. It's a stupid/silly song and the video pulls no punches. TL;DW, the band members are all dressed up like Abraham Lincoln and... well... nah, just watch it. It might make some RWNJs think twice about saying they're "the party of Lincoln". Because apparently... Lincoln knew how to party?

Grimes - Delicate Weapon. It appears in a videogame during a moment that's a complicated stew of themes and emotions including precarity, desperation, but also deep burgeoning artificiality and fakeness. The act of stopping to enjoy the song is entirely optional, you do surrounded by completely insufferable and irredeemable people, by it's still kind of a moment.

It makes me think about how deep down in some kind of (possibly shitty) way we really are the things that we pretend to be. But I also kind of like that.

Anything Spice Girls.

die young by kesha for sure, I love it its such a mood

WetLeg : Chaise Longue

Follow me from Uncle Kracker. It is sooooo catchy but honestly it’s all about cheating on your partner which I find is something that should not be encouraged. Thus guilty pleasure in my opinion

We Built this City - by Starship

It is the greatest song ever produced. It even has a fake backstory, and is somehow about every city. Chef's kiss on that one.

Leftover Crack's first two albums scratch an itch that nothing else can reach. Unfortunately the frontman is a raging piece of shit.

Vengaboys - We Like To Party

Most music sung by Japanese idols, because while I'm absolutely infatuated by the music, the knowledge of what kind of horrible working conditions they have to endure is like a splinter in my brain. But if I had to mention just one, why not go back to the good old days. 🥰

Some songs from Burzum like Jesus' Tod go really hard but he is an open racist and neo-nazi :(

Kim from eminem.

The song is truly fucked up but for some reason I like it a lot

Maybe not exactly a guilty pleasure, as the band actually OK overall.. But

"Instamatic" by Vertical Horizon

Neil Peart was the guest drummer and it's very apparent he makes a massive impact on Vertical Horizon. The entire band becomes way more precise and the song just hits differently and harder than any of their other work.

The Flys - Got You Where I Want You, Rob Zombie -Dragula, Real McCoy - Runaway

I don't believe in guilty pleasures because I don't feel guilty about listening to weird niche music that everyone around me thinks is beneath them.

That being said, I understand the concept and can apply it to my music library. So here's a big one.

22/7 - Hyacinth Apple Music | YouTube

I'm linking the Apple Music version not just because I think they deserve to get paid more for your stream, but in case you're a subscriber, you have Dolby Atmos turned on, and you have compatible earbuds, because the song is fucking magical in spatial audio. It's like feeding candy to your ears. The best spatial audio mastering I've heard is Tom Sawyer by RUSH. This is second best. The song feels like a tech demo for spatial audio.

For context, 22/7 (which is another way to say Pi, mathematically, and read as "twenty-two per seven") is a cartoon band, similar to HUNTR/X from Kpop Demon Hunters, except, after the anime series about them... they just continued making music. Hyacinth isn't from their anime. They even make music for other anime now. So they're a real band. Anywhere between 8 and 12 Japanese girls singing in unison in groups. For JPop/idol music, it's pretty good. You don't need to know their anime to listen to them. It was a fantasy series about a mysterious wall that would spit out engraved metal chips with instructions. No one knew who was writing the commands, but people started following it, and it told them to build an idol group and when and where to have them play. They become an overnight sensation. Eventually the wall tells them they have to disband, and after being forced to do so, they seek out who's behind the wall. It's... not very good, as far as anime goes, but the music is on point and I think it's worth watching, if you like music anime.

Bottom of Your Boots by Ella Langley. I don't even fucking listen to country but there is a pop kind of tune they've injected into the song that makes it bearable despite the cringe lyrics. I am looping this as I write.

Sclub 7: Reach for the stars Or Bring It All Back

However Don't Stop Movin' is an actual banger.

Going back in time even more to a forgotten abba copy band. Upside Down by the A*Teens.

Cardi B - WAP.

I'm not sure if it 100% counts, but probably this. It's the kind of religious wish fulfillment I usually can't tolerate, but the rhythm is too good. It's in my playlist, but I absolutely wouldn't listen to it in front of anyone who can understand the lyrics.

I've recently started listening more to STPR and similar boygroups. It's kinda stupid, but catchy and fun. Examples: 1 2 3

Take it off by Ke$ha.

It's such a good song.